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SCANDAL BREWING: This Summer's Gonna Suck For The Texas Legislature
Townhall.com | May 17, 2015 | Doug Giles

Posted on 05/17/2015 6:01:50 AM PDT by Kaslin

Summer is usually a relaxing time for family vacations, a little rest and relaxation, a time to recharge one's “batteries”, hang out with the kiddos and to get in some light summer beach reading.

Ahhh … summer. Pass me an ice cold Corona, por favor.

This summer, however, could be the beginning of the end for several Texas politicos who’ve been doing creepy crap when they were supposed to have been representing the Texans who trusted them and put their haggard backsides into office.

For those of you who don’t follow closely Texas politics, a forthcoming scandal is brewing based upon claims of The American Phoenix Foundation, headed up by ACORN nut-crusher Hannah Giles and her husband Joseph Basel.

Giles and Basel claim to have amassed over 800 hours of damning undercover videos, of both Republican and Democratic Texas lawmakers and lobbyists, doing stuff that wouldn’t make their grandmas very happy.

The undercover op, according to Giles and Basel, is to expose rank hypocrisy, systemic corruption with the added cherry on the top of showcasing inappropriate relationships between Texas lawmakers and lobbyists. Boom.

In other words, it’s House Of Cards stuff, in real time, and on steroids -- and the legislatures and lobbyists are already starting to sweat what is forthcoming.

One thing I’d like to underscore from the aforementioned is that it’s not just Democrats getting outed in their videos, it’s Republicans also.

Matter of fact, the impetus behind this undercover sting at the Texas State Capitol came via Hannah's seeing some big time conservative dipsticks (whom we all know and regularly watch on Fox News bashing Obama) at parties in DC, after her ACORN fame, hanging out and making out with chicks other than their wives while they “championed the cause of conservative/family values.”

Yes, my friends, this will be a bi-partisan ass whuppin’.

Grab some popcorn and a Coke because this is going be a good house cleaning.

It’ll be especially delicious for those of us who’re sick of business as usual while our nation is being screwed by folks who have sworn to represent our interests, and not their desire to “get laid and get paid”.

Which brings me to this point about this forthcoming expose for those of us of a conservative persuasion: Maybe, the reason we continue to scratch our head regarding why the Right so often sides with the Left on policy issues is maybe… just maybe… our rep’s are blackmailable based upon all the booty they’re tappin’ other than their wives? Who knows? We shall see..

Finally, my advice to the Texas Corrupt-O-Crats who've been ridin' dirty on the Texas taxpayers' dime is: You'd better get your house in order because it's about to collapse ... as in big time.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: acorn; douggiles; hannahgiles; josephbasel; scandal; texas
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To: Oliviaforever

That’s because everybody *expects* RATS to wallow in booze and hookers whenever conscious; republicans who swore their conservatism to God and everybody are not expected to behave this way. Plus we have a lot less RATS in the lege to begin with.


41 posted on 05/17/2015 9:51:06 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Kaslin

This is the sort of thing that “The Watch Dog of Democracy” (our news media) is supposed to be doing for every legislature and administration in the land from city hall on up.


42 posted on 05/17/2015 9:54:22 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Kaslin

You’d better get your house in order because it’s about to collapse ... as in big time.

If true its kind of late to get their house in order?


43 posted on 05/17/2015 10:03:47 AM PDT by Leep ("Soon you won't be able to live in America as a Muslim. The noose is tightening," Elton Simpson)
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To: Kaslin

44 posted on 05/17/2015 10:14:25 AM PDT by Ken H (What happens on the internet stays on the internet.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
One thing I'd like to underscore from the aforementioned is that it's not just Democrats getting outed in their videos... the impetus behind this undercover sting at the Texas State Capitol came via Hannah's seeing some big time conservative dipsticks (whom we all know and regularly watch on Fox News bashing Obama) at parties in DC, after her ACORN fame, hanging out and making out with chicks other than their wives while they "championed the cause of conservative/family values." ...Maybe, the reason we continue to scratch our head regarding why the Right so often sides with the Left on policy issues is maybe... just maybe... our reps are blackmailable based upon all the booty they're tappin' other than their wives? ...Finally, my advice to the Texas Corrupt-O-Crats who've been ridin' dirty on the Texas taxpayers' dime is: You'd better get your house in order because it's about to collapse ... as in big time.

45 posted on 05/17/2015 11:27:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: CPT Clay

>Negra Modelo<

I bought some of that once. It ended up in the trash.


46 posted on 05/17/2015 12:34:07 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SunkenCiv

bttt


47 posted on 05/17/2015 1:14:53 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: Oliviaforever
However, this investigation appears to be one sided and aimed at Republicans.

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One thing I’d like to underscore from the aforementioned is that it’s not just Democrats getting outed in their videos, it’s Republicans also.....

......Yes, my friends, this will be a bi-partisan ass whuppin’.

*******

Where are you getting "one sided and aimed at Republicans" from the that ^^ ?

48 posted on 05/17/2015 1:53:07 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: JRandomFreeper

I understand where you are coming from, but it is time to hold all of the liars to the same standards of honesty and decency...not just lying conservatives.


49 posted on 05/18/2015 10:00:15 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson
Nope. I'm going to hold the self-righteous to account first.

Not many dems claim to be anything but liberals.

The liberal republicans are more dangerous than liberal democrats.

You can expect dems to be liberal.

/johnny

50 posted on 05/18/2015 10:12:50 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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